"Maybe you're all just letting your hurt feelings keep you from thinking clearly. I'm beginning to wonder who's really the blind one around here. "
— Toph in The Western Air Temple
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"The way of the sword doesn't belong to any one nation. Knowledge of the arts belongs to us all."
— Piandao in Sokka's Master
"[ Aang ] just stuck with his values. He's vegetarian, won't use bladed weapons. And then, when he did hurt people, he was in the Avatar State, and he was just wrathful. He talks to the guru. He's like, "I hurt all these people." He feels this remorse and he's dealing with it. It's something you never see in action movies."
— Bryan Konietzko in Discovering The Last Airbender
"The thing that translate really well from the TV show to the film, is the... just the heart of the show and the spiritual nature of the show, for all the little story changes and things that might be different. It's like the heart of the story, Aang's journey, his relationship with Katara, all those kind of character dynamics are still there and they still resonate, its just great to see them on this bigger stage."
— Michael Dante DiMartino in Discovering The Last Airbender
"The cool thing about this version of the story is that it got to be more serious. I think, in my head, the series is much more dramatic and it certainly has those moments, but when I actually go back and watch it, it's pretty jokey. It's pretty goofy, which is fine for it's audience and we love balancing tones, because it is essentially a story about genocide and world domination and things like this..."
— Bryan Konietzko in Discovering The Last Airbender